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Milk
A couple of thoughts about milk.
I bought a carton of milk on Monday (25th OCt) hoping it would last me the best part of the week which it normally does (cups of tea during the day at work).
I noticed that when I got back to my office, it had a use by date of today (27th Oct). I bought if from a different place to my normal place and thought it obviously didn't sell as much milk as my usual place....
When I used it I had the ominous floaters rise to the top...yuck.
It got me thinking though. Is it just that I should pay as much for a product that lasts two days as the same that lasts 10 days? Shouldn't it decrease every day? Probably difficult to enforce I know but should shelf life be taken into consideration when we purchase?
Also it feels like milk lasts much longer these days.....?
Am I right? If so, what the hell are they doing to it to make it last longer......maybe it isn't as healthy as it used to be? Obviously pasturisation and homoginisation has had dramatic effects on milk over the years, but what else are they doing? Removing enzymes? adding E numbers??
Hmmmmm
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